Former Pictet EM head joins Australian investment boutique

Set to launch a GEM offering

Pictet Asset Management’s head of emerging market equities John Moorhead has returned to Australia and joined Sydney-based boutique investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott.

In his role as head of global emerging markets at the Australian boutique, Moorhead will help launch and build out the firm's global emerging markets capability. He will report to CEO and managing director Sophia Rahmani and CIO Garth Rossler.  He will work with senior management and will serve as lead portfolio manager and investment analyst. It is expected that a strategy will be available to investors by mid-2022, the firm said. At Pictet, Moorhead led a team of 20 investors managing $6bn in assets under management. Commenting on the move, he said: "Emerging markets offer fertil...